Cobham Special Mission

[Stan dard]

Gday,
Just wondering what the lifestyle and pay is like at Cobham Special mission these days? Has it changed after the sale of the business?
Cheers,
Stan dard

[TinFoilhat2]

Keen to know salaries and benefits as well for both captains and FO’s as well as the above OP’s queries. Last I heard about 3 or 4 years ago an FO salary was about 95K which lets face it is rubbish. Any improvements since then?

[Kiwi_as]

It’s all on the fair work website

[Icarus2001]

Well if they want to crew flights to keep their contract obligations they will need to lift their game.

[Stan dard]

Thanks for all the replies. I still haven't been able to get a figure on FO and CA salary and lifestyle, if anyone can elaborate further, either on the forum or PM, it would be appreciated.

[Brakerider]

2019 Salaries

DHC8 Capt Base Year 1 - $135641

DHC8 FO Base Year 1 - $81385

[spektrum]

Any captains still on a FIFO roster like some were pre covid? Any idea if things will get so dire they will go back to entertaining FIFO crews?

[717tech]

Originally Posted by spektrum

Any captains still on a FIFO roster like some were pre covid? Any idea if things will get so dire they will go back to entertaining FIFO crews?

I read in a union news article recently that management are supposedly considering FIFO again, but nothing beyond that...

[kjvmw]

They are already recruiting for FIFO captains. There was a 0.8 FTE DEC role advertised before Christmas. The border force is severely short of pilots.

[Buswinker]

Any word on the other positions eg spotters? Doesn’t reek of a healthy workplace culture with the vacancy levels but I concede it could be other factors

[Duck Pilot]

If they done the useless sim assessment in the Dash 8 sim opposed to the 604 they would have a few more experienced Dash 8 Captains….

Their train set!

[the_rookie]

So they should waste money on Sim assessments? Makes sense

[Climb150]

Originally Posted by the_rookie

So they should waste money on Sim assessments? Makes sense

I did an assessment in the 604 sim a few years ago. Most disorganized assessment I have ever had. My sim buddy was a dash 8 check Capt who knew less about flying jets than me (I had a little 320 sim time).

No profile or speeds were given (this is on purpose I was told) so I just had to wing it. My sim buddy missed flap and gear call outs leaving me having to fly the sim single pilot.

I was very annoyed by the end and they both knew it. Out of the three of us who had sims I was the only one who got a no. The two that started both left during training to better operators.

After the other two had dropped out they then offered me the job. I politely declined.